THE HAGUE--St. Maarten Governor Eugene Holiday will be reappointed for a period of six years. The Kingdom Council of Ministers approved the nomination for his reappointment on Friday. Alfonso Boekhoudt will become Aruba’s new Governor.

PHILIPSBURG--Four new members have been approved to the supervisory board of the Cadastre and Mortgages Registry by Spatial Development VROMI Minister Angel Meyers, based on a positive advice from the Corporate Governance Council.

PHILIPSBURG--“Over reaching and undue influence” from Public Health Minister Emil Lee is one of the reasons gynaecologist Dr. Michel Petit gave as factors for stepping down as Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Directors of Social Health Insurance SZV.

PHILIPSBURG--Former Chief of Police Peter de Witte looks back at his role as the head of the young Police Force of St. Maarten as an honour and privilege. De Witte was Chief of Police from October 10, 2010, to October 21, 2015.

THE HAGUE - T.E. van der Spoel and G.P.M. van den Dungen will become new members of the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten, and of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. M.T. Boerlage will be appointed acting member of the Joint Court and M.E.B. de Haseth acting judge of the Court of First Instance in Aruba.

PHILIPSBURG--The Representation of the Netherlands in St. Maarten bade farewell to Dutch Representative in Philipsburg Gert Versluis and policy advisor Bianca van der Lee during a reception Friday afternoon at Holland House Beach Hotel.

THE HAGUE--The Kingdom Council of Ministers has approved the appointment of Henk Lubberdink and Joop Drop as new Acting Judges in the Joint Court of Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten, and of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.